CVE-2026-22555 Gitea organization forks can expose organization secrets without create permission

Gitea versions before 1.26.0 allow API users to fork a repository into an organization without first passing the CanCreateOrgRepo check, which can expose organization secrets...

CVE-2026-22555

CVE-2026-22555 affects Gitea before 1.26.0. The vulnerability arises because the API endpoint POST /api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/forks does not enforce CanCreateOrgRepo for organization forks, only IsOrgMember, enabling a user in a read-only team to create an org-repo fork. The fork creator gains ...

CVE-2026-22555 Gitea organization forks can expose organization secrets without create permission

Gitea versions before 1.26.0 allow API users to fork a repository into an organization without first passing the CanCreateOrgRepo check, which can expose organization secrets...

Incorrect Authorization

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization via the POST /api/v1/repos/owner/repo/forks API endpoint, which fails to enforce the required organization repository creation permissions. An attacker can gain administrative control over a new repository within...